Folding umbrella.



No 872,518. PATENTED BBQ. 3, 1907.

' A. JOHNSON.

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

APPLIGATION'IILBD JULY 31. 1901.

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A'PPLIOATIOK FILED JULY a1, 1907.

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FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1907.

Application filed July 31. 1907. Serial No. 386,375-

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Be it known that I, ALBERT JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ladysmith, in the county of Rusk, State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Umbrellas; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

ends of rods. These rods are pivoted to open sleeves and when theumbrella is opened, these sleeves are adapted to fit over the inner endsof the corresponding out members of the ribs of the umbrella and holdthem in proper position. As the umbrella is folded, however, the sleevesare swung out of such engagement and as a consequence the outer membersof the ribs will be released and will be free to be folded upon theinner members of the ribs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 .is a vertical sectional view ofthe umbrella raised, Fig. 2 is a similar view with the um brella partlyfolded, Fig. 3 is a similar view but showing the umbrella completelyfolded, Fig. 1 is a detail perspective view of one the ribs, showing thesame in open position, and, Fig. 5 is a similar view but with the ribpartly folded.

As shown in the drawings, the umbrella comprises a staff 7 which isformed of telescopic sections as will be presently fully described. Theusual head' 8 is fixed upon the staff adjacent the upper end thereof andit is to this head that the ribs of the umbrella frame are pivoted.

Each of the ribs mentioned above comprises a pair of members 9 and 10,the member 9 being the upper member and the member 10 the lower or outerone. These mem bers are hinged together by bifurcating the outer end ofthe member 9 and pivoting in this bifurcation, which is indicated by thenumeral 12, an ear 13 which is formed upon .a sleeve 14, this sleevebeing engaged upon the member 10 adjacent its inner end. The extremeinner end of this member 10, how ever, is left free for a purpose whichwill be presently made clear.

The usual form of runner 15 is slidably disposed upon the staff 7 of theumbrella, and to this runner are pivoted the inner ends of stay ribs 16which are integral. Each of these stay ribs is pivoted adjacent itsouter end between the ears 17 of a clip 18 upon the corresponding ribmember 9. One end of a rod 19 is pivoted to the extreme end of each stayrib 16 and the other end of this rod is pivoted as at 20 to an opensleeve 21, which in turn is pivoted to the said rib member 9 adjacentthe outer end thereof, by means ofa clip 22. The free end of this opensleeve is presented outwardly or in other words toward the outer end ofthe said rib member 9 and the sleeve is adapted at times to embrace theinner end of the rib member 10 and hold the same coextensive with therib member 9..

From the foregoing description of the construction of the frame of myumbrella, it will be understood that when the umbrella is raised, thesleeves 21 will embrace the inner ends of the corresponding rib members10 but that when the umbrella is folded, the movement of the rib members9 with respect to the stay ribs 16 will result in the rods 19 beingmoved to swing the sleeves 21 upon their pivots and disengage from thesaid inner ends of the members 10 in this manner permitting them to befolded back upon the members 9v of the ribs. The umbrella can in thismanner be completely folded so as to occupy but a minimum space.

. What is claimed is:

1. An umbrella of the class described comprising a staff, a head fixedupon the staff, a runner slidable upon the staff, ribs comprising innerand outer pivoted members, the former being pivoted to the head upon thestaff, the connection between the sections of each rib being such thatthe extreme inner end of each of the outer members is free, stay ribspivoted to the runner, an element carried by each of the inner membersof the ribs and arranged to embrace the inner end of the correspondingouter member when the umbrella is open, and connection between theelement and the outer end of the stay rib whereby when the umbrella isfolded, the said element Will be moved from engagement With'the end ofthe said outer member.

2. An umbrella of the class described comprising a staff, a head fixedupon the staff, a runner slidable upon the stafi', ribs comprising innerand outer pivoted members, the former being pivoted to the head upon thestaff, the connection between the sections of each rib being such thatthe extreme inner end of each of the outer members is free, j

stay ribs pivoted to the runner, an open sleeve carried by each of theinner members of the ribs and arranged to embrace the inner end of thecorresponding outer member 15 When the umbrella is open, and connectionbetween the open sleeve and the outer end i of the stay rib whereby Whenthe umbrella is folded, the said open sleeve will be moved 1 fromengagement With the end of the said 20 l outer member.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature, 111 presence Of tVO\VItHGSSGS.

ALBERT JOHNSON.

j Witnesses: A. N. ANDERSEN,

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